Nine developers offer up downtown designs

12:37 AM,
Oct. 6, 2012

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Josh O?Leary
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

From sleek towers to an upscale hotel to tech firm offices, the City of Iowa City's marketing of a choice piece of downtown real estate has captured the imagination of developers.

After nine developers submitted proposals for the city-owned property on the northeast corner of College and Gilbert Streets, the city on Friday released details of the competing plans, which show a breadth of visions and ideas for the site.

The city's request for proposals drew submissions from as far as Sherman Associates of Minneapolis and Campus Acquisitions of Chicago. Others were pitched by local ...